This hot honey pizza recipe is one of my family favorites because it is sweet, salty, and oh-so-delicious! If you love creative ideas for pizza night, and a quick dinner made in just minutes, you need to try this pizza recipe!
Table of Contents:
- Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- What You’ll Need to Make Hot Honey Pizza
- How to Make This Pizza
- FAQ’s: Storing & Substitutions & Hot Honey
- Recipe for Hot Honey Pizza
No one wants a boring pizza when it comes to homemade pizza, which is why once you’ve discovered hot honey on pizza, you will never look back!
Adding this sweet sauce to salty pizza toppings is an easy and quick way to spruce up a pizza and make it even more delicious, and I am excited for you to fall madly in love with it!
Why You’ll Love This Hot Honey Pizza Recipe
- It’s easy to make – I’m all about easy dinner recipes over here because no one has time to labor over delicious food everyday. This recipe is so easy, you can make it hassle free in 15 minutes!
- You already have the ingredients to make hot honey – there are so many ways to make hot honey, if you have honey and some spices, you can whip it up quickly!
- Customized to your liking – the best part about hot honey pizza is that you can customize it in so many ways! Add meat and veggies to your pizza because everything goes with hot honey!
In addition to this recipe, you may also love my hot honey pepperoni pizza recipe, hot honey ricotta pizza, and hot honey chicken pizza recipe.
What You’ll Need to Make This Pizza
- Pizza Dough: one homemade pizza dough or your favorite one from the store
- Pizza Sauce: make some homemade pizza sauce or buy a jar from the store
- Cheese: mozzarella cheese and parmesan for the top
- Hot honey: quickly whip up some of my favorite hot honey with sriracha or try Mike’s hot honey
- Other toppings (optional): customize your pizza with toppings of your choice
- Seasonings: A sprinkle of black pepper and Italian seasoning for added flavor
How to Make Hot Honey Pizza
- Preheat oven to 475°F (245°C).
- Sprinkle flour or cornmeal onto a work surface and roll out the pizza dough. Transfer it onto a baking sheet or pizza stone.
- Evenly spread pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a small border around the edges.
- Sprinkle mozzarella on the pizza. Feel free to add any other desired toppings. Sprinkle black pepper and Italian seasoning to taste.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly, and the crust is golden.
- Drizzle hot honey over your pizza.
- Let the pizza cool slightly, then slice and enjoy!
FAQ’s: Storing, Substitutions, and Hot Honey
Pre-bake your crust for 5 minutes prior to adding toppings for a crispier crust.
There are many variations to hot honey including chili peppers, butter, sriracha, and other peppers. My favorite is my hot honey with sriracha recipe. It’s easy and quick!
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.
Bake your cold leftover pizza for 10 minutes on 350°F.
Hot Honey Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 3 tbsp hot honey sauce
- Black pepper to taste
- Italian seasoning to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475°F (245°C).
- Sprinkle flour or cornmeal onto a work surface and roll out the pizza dough. Transfer it onto a baking sheet or pizza stone.
- Evenly spread pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a small border around the edges.
- Sprinkle mozzarella on the pizza. Feel free to add any other desired toppings. Sprinkle black pepper and Italian seasoning to taste.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly, and the crust is golden.
- Drizzle hot honey over your pizza.
- Let the pizza cool slightly, then slice and enjoy!
Notes
If you try this hot honey pizza recipe and love it, share with us in the comments!
